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have been built to aid the accumulation of sand and shingle, of which but. 

 little is removed. 



From East Wittering, Bracklesham Bay, an average of 20 feet has 

 been washed away for a distance of 2 miles within two years, due, it is 

 supposed, tothe absence of groynes or other protection to the coast. 

 Beach material is not removed. 



No groynes have been built on the eastern side of Chichester Harbour, 

 and a loss of land is reported, as a result of high tides and winds which by 

 undermining the cliflFs cause small falls, while the neck of shingle at the- 

 entrance to the harbour is being gradually driven inwards by the sea in 

 bad weather. No beach material is removed. 



The coast from Chichester Harbour u]) Southampton Water as far as^ 

 Woolston is described in eleven reports. The southern side of Hayling 

 Island is liable to inundation when strong south winds occur with high 

 tides ; but, with this reservation, no change is recorded, except a landslip 

 I mile west of Lee-on-Solent (Stubbington), where, owing to heavy rains 

 and strong winds, a mass of cliff 100 yards long and 4 to 5 feet deep fell. 

 The coast on the whole is well guarded. A sea-wall has been built at 

 Eastney (small quantities of shingle are occasionally taken by the Admiralty 

 Works Department), and groynes at Southsea, which prevent loss of 

 beach material, none of which is removed. The neighbourhood of Stokes 

 Bay and to the east (Clay Hall C.G.S.) is also well protected. Forts 

 Blackburn and Haslar are provided with ten wooden groynes which 

 accumulate shingle for the protection of the sea-wall and fort, and three 

 others at Gilkicker Point cause the shingle to gather and form a pro- 

 iecting spit. 



Two low groynes built between Stokes Bay Railway Pier and Lee 

 Point have no effect. 



It is worthy of note that the southern part of Hayling Island is 

 unprotected, and that the shingle aud sand of the beach are removed for 

 industrial purposes. 



On Southampton Water rough wooden groynes protect Titchfield 

 Haven, and the groynes have been built near Warsash C.G.S. ; but little 

 shingle is removed, though mud is taken from the Hamble River for 

 cement making. 



Ten observations from the northern, eleven from the southern coast 

 complete the circuit of the Isle of Wight. Five records on the mainland 

 side and no fewer than nine on the southern are of encroachment. 

 From no locality is a gain of land reported. Taking the northern shore 

 first, we may note that no appreciable erosion is taking place along the 

 coast from Nettlestone Point to West Cowes. Between the former 

 locality and Bembridge Harbour groynes have been erected in places, 

 and both sand and gravel are removed. Groynes have been built to 

 the eastward but not to the westward of Ryde Pier, and these collect 

 shingle and sand (the latter is not removed from close in shore). The 

 Binstead and Wootton district is low and muddy with a shingle beach, 

 there are a few groynes on the Osborne estate, and a sea-wall at East 

 Cowes but no groynes. From Colwell Bay to the Beacon at the Needles 

 the coast is stated to neither gain nor lose material. There are live 

 groynes in Colwell Bay. Along the remainder of the shore losses occur : 

 at Bembridge, in places unprotected by groynes which have been only 

 built locally; near Burnt Wood Copse, Gurnard C.G.S., where heavy 

 rains cause landslips, and groynes, moreover, are absent ; between 



